You're always stuck sitting next to someone for the whole flight...

Me? I got a pony with a fear of flying.

Cover art by KaoKay
YouTube Reading by AShadowOfCygnus

Written Script has had it up to here with ponies voting on project after project, then complaining when it comes time to pay what they owe. He's done being a nice guy. This fall, you shut up and pay what you owe, or else.

This fall, Ponyville gets a tax cut.

Rated [T] for senseless murders.
Now with a reading by AShadowOfCygnus!

Most of the year, Written Script enjoys his job as town treasurer--but not when tax time rolls around, and everypony thinks they're paying too much. Then he becomes the most disliked stallion in all of Ponyville.

Now with an audio reading by TheCaptainSand (CaptainBron3y)
Now with a reading by AShadowOfCygnus!

The Admiral's second One-Shot-Ober attempt, this time with 80% fewer words! Arranged for your pleasure like a box of chocolates which contains at least one Spring Surprise.

There might be a bonus chapter or two tossed in here just to confuse things. Why? Because I can, that's why.

Now with a reading by AShadowOfCygnus!

Another year, another Hearth's Warming Day. With it comes presents, wishing ponies goodwill, presents, sisterly love amongst all ponies, and most importantly, presents. Time to celebrate it with Celestia.

Cover image: Royal Canterlot Christmas by, whitestar1802 (Check out his gallery, he has some really amazing pictures there).

Now with a reading by AShadowOfCygnus.

Also with a reading by ThelifeonCloud9.

Should the powerful and sexy alicorn Dark Demon King Ravenblood Nightblade follow his destiny as savior of Equestria, or his love of interior design?

Why not both?

BASED ON AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER BY DEVICE HERETIC!!! This is my first alicron Mary Sue self-insert fic, so plz b nice. Maybe Ill write moar if ppl like it

Reading by AShadowOfCygnus!
On EQD Oct. 20, 2012.

It should have been a simple raid on the ponies’ livestock, but there was an ambush. There had to be some reason he had been spared, and whatever that reason was, he would probably need all his strength to face it.

"This is a really masterful piece, and what makes it stand out from the others in this contest is that nothing is explained. Far too often, writing an alien perspective involves a lot of “what is that? why are they doing that? I am doing this, and it is different from what they do”, but not here. Osvald, the griffon, just goes about his business as he normally would, and the ponies’ reactions are what tell us that it is unexpected. On top of that, this gives us a couple stories’ worth of redemption and a thrilling mystery, plus the perspective of a people with long memories in conflict with short ones. This is plain great."
—PresentPerfect, Equestria Daily pre-reader and Royal Canterlot Library curator.

Reading by AShadowOfCygnus.
Entry for Equestria Daily's Outside Insight Competition.
Cover image by Abcron
A massive thank you to wYvern for his editing help and all-round butt-kicking.
Additional thanks to Abcron for significant feedback as time ran out.

Everypony in Ponyville knows what's up with Scootaloo: why she can't fly, where she lives, why her parents are never seen. Sure, the theories may contradict one another, and some of them are way out there, but everypony knows the truth.

Don't they?

Written for the August 2014 writeoff, "Famous Last Words". Finished 36th out of 51 entries.

Reading by AShadowOfCygnus!

The Dazzlings had been spending a relaxing vacation at a ski resort. However, after a horrible day trapped on the ski-lifts, they finally returned to the hotel to just forget about their experience.

After Adagio leaves to register a complaint with the management, Aria readies herself for a peaceful evening. But when Sonata finishes her food that she got from room service and decides to "borrow" a cake that was delivered to a neighboring room, she gets dragged along to help Sonata with the heist.

Should be no problem, right?

Disclaimer: there is a bit of suggestive (at least by my standards) humor in this story.

Story based on and set in thegreatcat14's A Dazzling Winter continuity. This adapts, combines and amalgamates a few of her pictures together and uses her interpretations of the Dazzlings. I give a massive thanks to her for allowing me to write this.

Thanks to AShadowOfCygnus for pre-reading, and generally putting up with my twisted and completely Dazzlings-addicted mind.

Cover art is Partners in Crime. Made for this story by greatcat herself.

Now with a reading by AShadowOfCygnus, too.

Words can bring joy. Words can bring pain. Words can bring knowledge.
In the hands of the right pony, they can bring all of these things at once.
In the lands outside the fledgeling Equestria, one such pony has tracked a newfound fable back to its source, and she has a few choice words of her own prepared, because words... words have power.

WARNING: Comments may contain spoilers.

Dramatic reading by AShadowOfCygnus.
Also read by DRWolf
Cover art by CyanAeolin.
Edited by Pascoite.
Additional help from Chris, AugieDog, and NorsePony.